Nelia Alarcon > Quotes

“I think it’s easier to choose darkness than light.” I play the dark keys to prove my point. “That way, rather than being hurt, you’re the one doing the hurting.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Because every perfect song deserves a name.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“music is the language of the soul’.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“You have something to protect and I have something to destroy. You escape into music and I’m trapped there. You hid from me and I still found you. Where you end, I begin.” He wraps long fingers around the back of my neck. “We may not be from the same world, Cadence, but we’re made of the same freaking soul.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“ghost. She’s haunting me tonight like a bad spirit. Dark shadows in every corner. Secrets threatening to spring out like snakes.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Silence shudders and dies. Music fills my ears. My own creation. My own twisted beast. I form it from nothing but my own pain and torture. Dark, pulsing notes. Lashing chords. A song that’s all about bleeding and destruction. It twines with my heart and gives me energy when I had none before. I play until my fingers start throbbing. Then I stop. Spent.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“The thing with loneliness is that you don’t expect it to be as powerful as it is. Once it has you in its clutches, it holds on for good. With no intentions of letting go. And then it follows you around, digging its claws in deeper and deeper.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“when you take aim without thought, innocent people burn.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“Don’t you have a dream of your own?” “Who has time for dreams?” I roll my eyes. “You can’t keep the lights on with it. You can’t pay the bank. You can’t put food on the table.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“He folds his arms over his chest. “Are you one of those girls who plans to save herself for marriage?”
“Because if you are, I’d respect that.” He tilts his head.
“I’d marry you.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“The world might not understand us, but they don’t have to. We’ll make our own world. And we’ll rule it together.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“People evolve. I don’t see why music can’t either. Music is a reflection of us. Of who we are, where we come from and who we want to be.” “It’s also a measure of perfection. If we don’t play it exactly right, we don’t win.” I scrunch my nose. “I think our obsession with holding on to things, trying to preserve them so they’re exactly the way they always were, can keep us from seeing what’s important.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“You’re my girl. My fiancée. My wife. Did you think I would let you walk out of here before convincing you?”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“It’s frightening, the chokehold he has on me. I don’t know where it’s coming from. I only know that—if bad news had a face—it would be this guy. Tattoos climb under his”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Do you ever just want to… burn it all down?” I murmur. “Would you?” “If I thought I could get away with it.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“Her fire makes something deep inside me come alive. I need her. It’s less of a thought and more of a physical reaction.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Not everything has to end in a big bang. Sometimes, it can just be a flutter, one so powerful that it tears the heart out of the chest without a sound.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“The thing with loneliness is that you don’t expect it to be as powerful as it is. Once it has you in its clutches, it holds on for good.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“I’d rather have you and some other guy’s baby than not have you at all.” “What about your dad?”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“Where are you going?’ I call.
‘To kill him. Duh!’ She shoves up the sleeves of her shirt and turns toward the door.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Where I’m from, evil looks like what it is. But in Redwood, the most cruel are drowning in jewels and good looks. They flaunt their status and power. They smirk and make champagne toasts and slap black cards on counters. I’m nothing like that. And it seems everyone here wants to remind me of my true value. Because I come from nothing, I have no power. And helplessness sticks.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“You force me to face the truth, even if the truth is more cruel than I could ever be.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Why are the beautiful ones always the most evil?”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Tonight, his guard is lowered. There’s darkness, yes. But there’s something else. Brokenness. Emptiness. A longing for more. He’s letting me see the rawness that lingers just beneath the surface. Something shifts inside me.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Call me what you want, as long as I get to call you wife.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Silent Note

“Some people are only with you for a short time. Some will take you to the promised land. Deciding which is which will get you far.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Ruthless Note

“You’re right. I’m not a good person.” Dutch’s eyes are hot on my face. “But if there’s any light left inside me, it’s all drawn to you.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Darkest Note

“Seeing her in pain makes me want to burn the world down.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“kiss is pure torture, a promise ripped from the pages of a fairytale. Right there in the villain’s chapter where he swears he’ll burn the world down. Wrong prince. Wrong story. It should hurt. It should frighten me, but it feels so right. It feels so freaking good. And if this were a different story, a different night, a different life, I’d step into the eternity trapped in this moment and call it something I’ve never truly believed in. Love.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note

“Since when has love ever been simple?” Hunter’s lips curve into a sad, pained smile. “You either choose it or you don’t. There’s no in between.”
― Nelia Alarcon, The Broken Note